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A new Warriors arena is expected to be ready for the '18-19 NBA season

The Warriors have "abandoned their plan to build an arena on Piers 30-32 just south of the Bay Bridge and instead have purchased a site in San Francisco's burgeoning Mission Bay to hold a new 18,000-seat venue," according to a front-page piece by John Cote of the S.F. CHRONICLE. Warriors President & COO Rick Welts said that the team "bought the 12-acre site from Salesforce.com at an undisclosed price in a deal signed Saturday night." The team "plans to have the arena ready" for the '18-19 NBA season. The "shift in location provides the Warriors with predictability and fewer regulatory hurdles." It also "eliminates any need for voter approval." Welts said, "To me, everybody wins here. We never lost sight of the overriding goal, ...